The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Troy, MI (US);
Donald K. Grimm, Utica, MI (US);
Joseph F. Szczerba, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of selecting an optimized parking location includes presenting a list of parking preference options to a user, collecting parking preferences, identifying a destination and current location of the vehicle, collecting data from a plurality of sensors within the vehicle, collecting data from external sources and creating a list of potential parking spaces, filtering the list of potential parking space, collecting data related to environmental and contextual conditions, accessing a user model based on historical data of parking events, creating a filtered list of potential parking spaces, ranking each of the potential parking spaces; selecting a sub-set of potential parking spaces, displaying the sub-set of potential parking spaces to the user, receiving a selection of one of the displayed sub-set of potential parking spaces, and at least one of initiating autonomous travel to and parking within the selected parking space, and displaying directions to the selected parking space.